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Letters from a Killer (1998)
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21 August 1998 (Greece) moreTagline:
Don't Open The Mail.Plot:
A man is falsely convicted of the murder of his wife. During his time in jail, he finds comfort from four women with whom he corresponds... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Former death row inmate gets a new life -- and gets stalked moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Patrick Swayze | ... | Race Darnell |
 | Gia Carides | ... | Lita |
 | Kim Myers | ... | Gloria Stevens |
 | Olivia Birkelund | ... | Stephanie |
 | Tina Lifford | ... | Elizabeth |
| Elizabeth Ruscio | ... | Judith Sutton |
| Roger E. Mosley | ... | Horton |
 | Bruce McGill | ... | Brinker |
| Mark Rolston | ... | O'Dell |
| Don Stark | ... | Geary |
| Katy Selverstone | ... | Singleton |
 | Michael Bowen | ... | Parker |
 | Kevin Chamberlin | ... | Cutler |
| Sam Atkinson | ... | Morgan |
| Rock Reiser | ... | Singing inmate |
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Iceland:16 | South Korea:18 | Netherlands:12 (TV version) | Australia:MA (2003) | Australia:MA (2008) | Australia:M (DVD rating) | Argentina:16 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Netherlands:16 | Portugal:M/16 | Spain:13 | UK:18 | USA:R | Philippines:R-18Fun Stuff
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During filming on 9 May 1997, Patrick Swayze broke both legs and tore four tendons in his shoulder when his horse threw him into a tree. He said he grabbed the horse's mane and flipped himself around so that he wouldn't hit the tree with his head. moreFAQ
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Patrick Swayze portrays a death row inmate that gets a new trial, when a witness testifies that he wasn't the killer of his wife several years earlier. He is re-tried and found not guilty, but this is just the beginning.
He becomes a successful writer, and one of the women that recorded a taped message would later frame him for the murders that occur on film. He is eventually stalked, a la Clint Eastwood in Play Misty For Me (1971), but in this film, he is framed and later vows to find the real killer.
The scene in the apartment near the film's end is horrifying, where a meat cleaver and a handgun are present, which makes this film like a Friday the 13th or Nightmare on Elm Street flick, and one that would view this particular scene would remember it for eternity.